Big Question: How do the kids in To Kill a Mockingbird relate to Tom and Huck in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Reflection: We chose this because of the background information and the freedom of the children in To Kill a Mockingbird. We also thought that the way the children acted freely was similar to Tom and Huck.
Chapter Two:
Big Question: Do teachers understand that every kid has a different way of learning?
Reflection: We were lead to this question because in this chapter Miss Caroline didn't like how Scout was able to read already and how she wrote. Also, Miss Caroline didn't understand Walter Cunningham's life. So Miss Caroline needs to understand her students better and realize some students are more advanced than others. Miss Caroline thinks that her way of teaching is the only way of teaching and children should arive at school with a mind like a clean slate, ready to be drawn on.
Chapter Three:
Big Question: Why should we treat people of different cultures, lifestyles, and social statuses with respect?
Reflection: Our answer to the big question is that we should treat people the way we want to be treated. Scout treats Walter with disrespect because he is poor. Atticus scolds her, because he says they are poor too,and that she should treat all guests with respect no matter who they are.
Chapter Four:
Big Question: How does exploring new and different things change us as a person?
Reflection: What lead us to this question was when Scout and Jem reach into the tree and made a discovery. By both of them making this discovery it makes them curious where it came from and who put it there. Curiousity will lead them to investigate these findings.
Chapter Five:
Big Question: What do you gain from viewing life from other people's perspective?
Reflection: The chapter mainly talks about the different lifestyles of the people in the town and why things aren't always fair for everybody. Atticus tells Scout that you can't judge a person until you know where they're coming from.
Chapter Six:
Big Question: What is it about humans that we need to have good reputations with other people?
Reflection: To avoid confrontation Jem slips out at night to get his pants from underneath the fence even though he runs the risk of getting shot. By having an honest reputation with Atticus, it will make Jem's life a lot easier.
Chapter Seven:
Big Question: Why do we judge people before we know them?
Reflection: People aren't always as they seem, sometimes you need to get to know them. Everyone looked on the Radleys as different because they keep to themselves and stab family members in the leg with scissors also the Packers should sign Stanford Routt.
Chapter Eight:
Big Question: True acts of compassion are acts of kindness done without expectation of an award.
Reflection: Boo Radley displays this by giving a blanket to Jem and Scout. However, Jem and Scout are mesmerized by Miss Maudie's house because it is burning and they don't realize what Boo had done, so they didn't even get a chance to thank him.
Chapter Nine:
Big Question: How can children be more sensitive to differences in others?
Reflection: Children find changes in people to be more drastic than adults do. Adults know that changes happen because they have been through a lot of changes in their life. Children haven't experienced as many changes as adults, so they are more sensitive. They don't think that people should change. They think they should just stay the same.
Chapter Ten:
Big Question: Why do people fear other people’s perceptions?
Reflection: We choose this because the chapter 10 is mainly about a mad dog that comes down their road and the sheriff, Heck Tate brings a gun and asks Atticus to shoot it and he kills it in one shot from a far away distance. Scout and Jem found out that when he was young he was the best shooter in the country and he was named “one-shot Finch” and Scout was eager to brag the next day at school. And then Jem told her not to tell anyone because if Atticus if he wanted people to know he would tell them himself.
Chapter Eleven:
Big Question: Why should you stand up for something you believe in when everyone else is against it?
Reflection: This is the big question of this chapter because throughout the chapter the characters are all made fun of and stereotyped as Nigger-Lovers. But the characters still continue to treat the old women nicely under Atticus’s command. At the end of the Chapter Atticus tells his Children that standing up for what’s right teaches Courage and Morality. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
PART ONE:
Chapter One:
Big Question: How do the kids in To Kill a Mockingbird relate to Tom and Huck in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Reflection: We chose this because of the background information and the freedom of the children in To Kill a Mockingbird. We also thought that the way the children acted freely was similar to Tom and Huck.
Chapter Two:
Big Question: Do teachers understand that every kid has a different way of learning?
Reflection: We were lead to this question because in this chapter Miss Caroline didn't like how Scout was able to read already and how she wrote. Also, Miss Caroline didn't understand Walter Cunningham's life. So Miss Caroline needs to understand her students better and realize some students are more advanced than others. Miss Caroline thinks that her way of teaching is the only way of teaching and children should arive at school with a mind like a clean slate, ready to be drawn on.
Chapter Three:
Big Question: Why should we treat people of different cultures, lifestyles, and social statuses with respect?
Reflection: Our answer to the big question is that we should treat people the way we want to be treated. Scout treats Walter with disrespect because he is poor. Atticus scolds her, because he says they are poor too,and that she should treat all guests with respect no matter who they are.
Chapter Four:
Big Question: How does exploring new and different things change us as a person?
Reflection: What lead us to this question was when Scout and Jem reach into the tree and made a discovery. By both of them making this discovery it makes them curious where it came from and who put it there. Curiousity will lead them to investigate these findings.
Chapter Five:
Big Question: What do you gain from viewing life from other people's perspective?
Reflection: The chapter mainly talks about the different lifestyles of the people in the town and why things aren't always fair for everybody. Atticus tells Scout that you can't judge a person until you know where they're coming from.
Chapter Six:
Big Question: What is it about humans that we need to have good reputations with other people?
Reflection: To avoid confrontation Jem slips out at night to get his pants from underneath the fence even though he runs the risk of getting shot. By having an honest reputation with Atticus, it will make Jem's life a lot easier.
Chapter Seven:
Big Question: Why do we judge people before we know them?
Reflection: People aren't always as they seem, sometimes you need to get to know them. Everyone looked on the Radleys as different because they keep to themselves and stab family members in the leg with scissors also the Packers should sign Stanford Routt.
Chapter Eight:
Big Question: True acts of compassion are acts of kindness done without expectation of an award.
Reflection: Boo Radley displays this by giving a blanket to Jem and Scout. However, Jem and Scout are mesmerized by Miss Maudie's house because it is burning and they don't realize what Boo had done, so they didn't even get a chance to thank him.
Chapter Nine:
Big Question: How can children be more sensitive to differences in others?
Reflection: Children find changes in people to be more drastic than adults do. Adults know that changes happen because they have been through a lot of changes in their life. Children haven't experienced as many changes as adults, so they are more sensitive. They don't think that people should change. They think they should just stay the same.
Chapter Ten:
Big Question: Why do people fear other people’s perceptions?
Reflection: We choose this because the chapter 10 is mainly about a mad dog that comes down their road and the sheriff, Heck Tate brings a gun and asks Atticus to shoot it and he kills it in one shot from a far away distance. Scout and Jem found out that when he was young he was the best shooter in the country and he was named “one-shot Finch” and Scout was eager to brag the next day at school. And then Jem told her not to tell anyone because if Atticus if he wanted people to know he would tell them himself.
Chapter Eleven:
Big Question: Why should you stand up for something you believe in when everyone else is against it?
Reflection: This is the big question of this chapter because throughout the chapter the characters are all made fun of and stereotyped as Nigger-Lovers. But the characters still continue to treat the old women nicely under Atticus’s command. At the end of the Chapter Atticus tells his Children that standing up for what’s right teaches Courage and Morality. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know your licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”